Hays, Richard (2001) Rural initiatives at the James Cook University School of Medicine: a vertically integrated regional/rural/remote medical education provider. Australian Journal of Rural Health, 9 (Suppl 1). pp. 2-5.

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Abstract

Building on the success of the former North Queensland Clinical School/Royal Australian College of General Practitioners collaboration in North Queensland, the James Cook University School of Medicine continues to develop a model of close collaboration with stakeholder groups that provides medical education services to dispersed communities in northern Australia. The flagship themes of the programme (rural and remote, Indigenous and tropical health) are essential to the regional mission to improve the health care of people in northern Australia. Selection processes target regional and rural background students and Aboriginal and Torres Strain Islander students. An innovative curriculum design reinforces interest in and relevance to regional health needs. The present paper provides an overview of the roles and early progress of the new School of Medicine, with the aim of keeping rural doctors informed about the continuing development of a successful 'national standards/local collaboration and control' model of education service delivery.

Item ID:	13110
Item Type:	Article (Research - C1)
ISSN:	1038-5282
Keywords:	medical education; medical students
Date Deposited:	20 Dec 2012 06:32
FoR Codes:	11 MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES > 1199 Other Medical and Health Sciences > 119999 Medical and Health Sciences not elsewhere classified @ 100%
SEO Codes:	92 HEALTH > 9205 Specific Population Health (excl. Indigenous Health) > 920506 Rural Health @ 100%
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